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PARABLE OF TALENTS – DILIGENCE
FRIDAY, MAY 15
Matthew 25:14-30

Memory verse: Matthew 25:23

 

“…but from him that hath not
shall be taken away

even that which he hath.”

 

PARABLE OF TALENTS – DILIGENCE
 
Diligence is the biblical evidence of vigilance. To be vigilant is not to sell everything we have and go up a mountain dressed in white, staring up into the heavens, waiting for Christ to return! Such Hollywood foolishness disdains and mocks the return of Christ. This is the devil’s work. Many, especially unbelievers, will think that Christianity is a religion only for fools!
 
However, when born-again believers observe Christ’s return with vigilance and diligence, the impact is the power of God in Christ manifested. Believers live in holiness, godliness, and righteousness according to the Holy Scriptures. Their godly lives reflect the presence and love of God so that all who repent of their sin can be saved. This is the primary reason why God saves His beloved children and leaves them in this sin-filled and spiritually dead and dark world of evil where they will be persecuted for obeying their heavenly Father. Their humble suffering for Christ will be the mirror testimony of what happened to Christ but did not happen to them at Calvary’s cross, where the just suffered and died for the unjust. With such a Christ-centred life of humility, the Gospel will have the most potent impact through the power of the Holy Spirit taking the word of God and bringing salvation.
 
Every believer’s diligence in evangelism and service must be motivated by the God-given responsibility of witnessing for Christ and not self. He cannot live for himself in his dilgence, seeking his own things and fulfilling his own ambitions. He is saved to bear witness for Christ, always giving and doing his best in all that his heavenly Father lays in his hands to do for His glory. His diligence manifests the greatness of Christ’s salvific work in his life as well as its potent availability to all if only they, too, would believe. Vigilance without diligence is vanity. Diligence without vigilance is a life of temporary holiness. All believers must be vigilant and diligent to be pleasing in God’s sight on the day of Christ’s return.
 
THOUGHT: Be vigilant and diligent for Christ till His glorious return.
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, may I be ready to the end for Christ’s sake. Amen.

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